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J. D. FRARY.

POCKET KNIFE. No. 292,002. Patented M11115, 1884.

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UNrrnn STATES PATENT Cartons JAMES D. FRARY, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

POCKET-KNIFE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 292,002, dated January 15, 1884. Application filed November :26, 1583. (X0 model.)

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Janus D. FRARY, of Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Cutlery-Handles; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in

Figure 1, a perspective view; Fig. 2, a longitudinal central section through the rivet; Fig. 3, a modification illustrating the method of securing the bolster-plate.

This invention relates to an improvement in that class of pocketcutlery in which the covers for the handle are made from hard rubber or other composition. In the usual construction of poeketcutlery having such covers for the handles, the bolster is formed upon the lining by casting or soldering thereto, and gen orally with a recess upon its under side, into which the covering will enter. This construction of bolster is a large item of expense in the manufacture of such cutlery.

The object of my invention is to avoid a considerable portion of this expense; and it consists in a surfaeeplate of bolster-shape out line, applied in a recess in the bolster end of the covering, and through which the bladerivet extends, as more fully hereinafter de scribed.

A represents the cover, made from hard rubber or any suitable composition, in outline shaped corresponding to the lining to which it is to be applied. At the bolster end a recess is made across the face of the cover, and into this recess a plate, a, is set. This plate extends onto the cover, and has substantially the outline ofa common bolster, but does not inclose the end portion of the cover or extend to the lining; hence the cover appears between the blade and the lining, entirely around the end of the lining. This plate applied, the cover is secured to the lining in the usual manner. The blade-rivet 1) passes through the plates a, the covers, linings, and blades in the usual manner of extending through the bolster, and so that the rivet takes hold in the plates as well as in the lining. The plate may be secured to the covers in the process of molding the covers, as seen in Fig. 3, the plate having its under surface formed, as at d, to make firm engagement with the material 01 the cover. This class of handles are usually flat upon their outer surface, as shown; hence a simple flat piece of sheet metal cut to the required shape will answer the purpose.

This construction avoids the formation of the bolster as a permanent part of the lining, and the cost of making and applying the plate is much less than that of making and applying the bolster. The rivet which secures the blades, and which passes through the covers, serves to firmly hold the ends of the covers to the lining.

The knife has not only the appearance of a bolster, but it is equally as strong as a handle in which the bolster is applied directly to the handle.

I claim The herein-described improvementin pocket-cutlery, consisting of the composition covers A, having a plate, a, applied upon the outer surface of the cover at the bolster end and independent of the lining, substantially as described.

JAMES D. FRARY.

Witnesses:

LOUIS C. Knnrnn, FREDK. A. BLACK. 

